On Cadman
Posted by Kevin on 5/20/2005 @ 9:01 am
The Globe & Mail writes today:
…ultimately, he [Stephen Harper] miscalculated that independent MP Chuck Cadman, an old Reformer like him, would hold fast to the views of his constituents when voting on whether to keep the government alive….
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….most ironically, Mr. Harper may have lost sight of the fact that Mr. Cadman really meant it when he said he would vote the views of his constituents.
Right on, Cadman.
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….most ironically, Mr. Harper may have lost sight of the fact that Mr. Cadman really meant it when he said he would vote the views of his constituents.
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This was a very appropriate quote from the globe. I wish Hearn and Doyle showed the same moxy, or common sense.
Kevin, when is the next aciton? Where does the deal stand now?
Comment by Sarah — 5/24/2005 @ 3:07 pmAnother while with this government in power and a lot of folks might be changing their tune about preserving this government given its track rcord of delay and fight even on admitted promises…
Hearn and Doyle did the right thing and they did it for the benefit of Newfoundland and Labrador. The preservation of this government will actually only stymie our chances of getting the main benefit from our resources. Even with the new “accord” passed, the next step will be as much legalistic interpretation of it in order to bust it down and minimize Ottawa’s commitments. . . just as Martin did in response to our Royal Commission and other campaigns of recent years, provincial and federal PC and Liberal, to get a fair deal.
As for Cadman, he got into politics to fix deficiencies in the Canadian justice system – especially with the young offenders act. Many of the deficiencies remain and he’s just tossed a life raft to a coalition government that will likely get even softer on violent young offenders given the chance…
I guess he’s found a new reason for being in politics.
Comment by Liam O’Brien — 5/24/2005 @ 9:20 pm